If you’re old enough to remember “The Beverly Hillbillies,” the show’s banjo-driven theme song — “The Ballad of Jed Clampett” — might be playing your head right about now. If you aren’t, you might be ...

For better or worse, Earl Scruggs will be remembered by most Americans for his banjo picking alongside partner Lester Flatt in a dated 1960s cultural artifact: "The Beverly Hillbillies." For better, ...

The three-finger "Scruggs style," popularized during his stint in Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys in the 1940s and heard in the "Beverly Hillbillies" theme, remains the dominant method for playing ...

ANCHOR INTRO: The Museum of Making Music in Carlsbad says its ultimate purpose is to make the world more musical. KPBS arts reporter Beth Accomando says you can get your hands on an electric banjo and ...

Shelby native Earl Scruggs changed the sound of bluegrass with his unique three-finger strumming style that is most famously heard in the theme song to The Beverly Hillbillies. Shelby native Earl ...

Béla Fleck is often considered the world’s greatest banjo player. The sixteen-time Grammy winner has earned awards under the headings of jazz, world music, classical, folk, bluegrass, pop instrumental ...